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A
B
A
B
Very
nice,
but
we're
gonna
start
off
with
a
fun
question,
because
we
always
like
to
see
the
fun
side
of
people
first
right.
So
if
you
could
compare
yourself
with
any
animal
which
would
it
be
and
why.
A
Well
that
one's
easy,
I
think
I
would
be
a
cat,
we
have
two
cats
and
I'm
really
a
cat
person.
I
understand
them
and
we
really
love
them,
and
so
that's
easy.
I
would
definitely
be
a
cat.
B
Very
nice
myself,
you
know
I'm
more
of
a
horse
person,
although
lately
I'm
thinking
about
fostering
a
husky,
so
we're
gonna
see
if
what
my
answer
would
be
and
how
it
changed.
So,
let's
get
started.
Why
are
you
running
for
the.net
foundation,
board.
A
Yeah
you
see
the
there
is
a
two
two
part
answer
to
that.
The
first
one
is
I'm
passionate
about
communities
because
see
my
home
country
is
austria
here
in
europe,
and
we
are
known
for
many
things
like
mozart,
the
wienerschnitzel
mountains
and
many
other
things.
But
there
is
one
thing
about
austria
that
many
people
do
not
know.
Community
is
very
deeply
rooted
in
our
society.
Nearly
everybody
is
engaged
at
least
one
club,
many
people
work
in
multiple
ones.
It's
about
music,
sports
arts,
red
cross,
fire
brigade
or
boy
scouts,
or
whatever.
A
We
are
a
small
country,
and
I
looked
it
up.
We
have
8
million
citizens
and
we
have
more
than
100
130
000,
volunteer-led
clubs,
so
devoting
time
to
a
non-profit
community
is
really
something
that
I
grew
up
with,
and
I
value
that
idea
a
lot
so
open
source
software.
The
idea
of
sharing
knowledge
and
ideas
in
communities
really
something
that
that
feels
very
natural
to
me
and
professionally
net
has
been
an
important
part
of
my
work
as
a
software
developer.
A
Since
its
very
beginning,
I
I
work
in
software
development
for
more
than
25
years
now,
so
I
started
with
the
first
technical
previews
and
ever
since
I
built
software
based
on
the
net
platform,
so
the.net
foundation
kind
of
brings
together
these
two
things
that
I'm
passionate
about,
on
the
one
hand,
spending
time
with
friends
in
a
non-profit
community
enjoying
writing
codewith.net,
and
these
two
things
made
me
run
for
for
a
seat
on
on
the
board
of
directors.
A
But
on
the
content
point
of
view,
I
really
loved
to
I
really
learned
to
love
working
with
kids
and
young
coders.
I
know
that
supporting
people
who
build
and
maintain
open
source
projects
is
really
the
main
goal
of
the
net
foundation.
But
what
I
would
like
to
put
in
the
into
the
focus
of
my
work
in
the
net
foundation
is
working
with
kids
and
young
people
in
the
last
five
years.
A
I
have
learned
that
the
approach,
the
learning
approach
of
those
young
people
is
very
different
compared
to
professional
developers.
They
want
to
playfully
creatively
explore
technologies
instead
of
starting
with
seemingly
boring
theoretical
concepts.
They
they
dream
about
so
many
cool
things
that
they
want
to
build
and
they
are
looking
for
platforms
and
tools
which,
with
which
they
can
start
immediately
as
professional
developers.
We
we
know
how
important
the
solid
understanding
of
the
underlying
concepts
is
in
order
to
master
something
like
net
and-
and
this
is
how
we
teach
coding
always
from
the
ground
up.
A
We
spend
so
much
time
discussing
details
about
exactly
that
makes
it
look
so
complicated
from
a
beginner's
perspective.
So
it
would
be
made
me
really
happy
if
I
could
influence
communities
that
create
learning
content,
that
organize
meetups
conferences
so
that
they
dedicate
the
part
of
their
work
and
ingenuity
in
fascinating
kids
for
software
development.
A
As
an
industry,
we
suffer
from
a
lack
of
junior
coders.
Additionally,
a
lack
of
diversity
is,
as
we
all
know,
a
real
problem
in
most
development
teams,
and
I
strongly
believe
that
we
need
to
approach
kids
and
young
coders
differently
compared
to
older
students
and
professionals
and
organizations
like
the.net
foundation
can
use
their
influence
in
that
direction,
and
I
would
hope
that
I
could
contribute
a
little
bit
to
that
process
of
of
approaching
young
coders.
For
instance,.
B
Oh,
that's
awesome.
I
love
kids
and
I
found
it
to
be
very
fulfilling
and
you're
right.
There
is
a
difference
in
the
way
that
they
learn.
What
are
your
contributions
to
the.net
community
so
far
like?
What
have
you
been
doing.
A
Recently,
I
received
the
the
microsoft
most
valuable
professional
mvp
award
for
the
tenth
time,
so
for
quite
a
long
time.
I
currently
hold
two
mvp
titles,
one
for
microsoft,
azure
and
one
for
developer
technologies
and
in
2015
I
also
became
a
microsoft
regional
director
that
does.
A
This
does
not
mean
that
I
work
for
microsoft,
but
as
rd,
we
act
as
kind
of
non-paid
advisors
and
we
contribute
customer
insights
and
real-world
voices
to
the
microsoft
product
teams
and
the
the
basis
why
I
got
these
with
these
awards
is
my
work
as
a
speaker
and
technical
writer
in
a
typical
year.
I
visit
over
30
conferences
and
meet
ups
and
give
talks
about
net
and
azure,
and
most
of
these
events
are
are
non-profit.
A
A
And
besides
my
work
as
a
speaker
and
a
trainer,
the
community
contribution
I'm
most
proud
of
is
founding
the
local
coderdojo.
In
my
hometown,
linz
collaborations
are
a
worldwide
network
of
volunteer-led
programming
clubs
for
kids,
between
7
and
17,
and
creating
this
community
from
scratch
and
participating
as
a
mentor
has
been
a
lot
of
fun
and,
more
importantly,
it
changed
my
perspective
on
how
to
teach
coding.
A
Fundamentally
we
we
started
kodolche
five
years
ago
and
I've
been
acting
as
a
chairman
in
this
programming
clubs,
and
today
we
have
over
1
500
visits
of
kids
per
year.
We
do
events
practically.
Every
week
we
help
schools
establish
coding
classes,
we
educate
teachers
in
how
to
teach
coding
and
csharp.net
are
a
vital
part
of
the
coding
exercises
and
projects
that
we
do
with
kids
and
teenagers
in
the
coding
in
the
co.
Dojo.
B
A
Well,
if
I
come
back
to
my
work
with
kids
and
and
young
adults
with
teenagers,
I
think
it's
very
important
to
give
the
the
young
people
some
kind
of
context.
So
it's
always
important
to
not
only
just
show
technology
but
show
them
how
they
can
use
technology
for
something
that
is
very
important
for
themselves.
And
we
have
to
understand
that
for
us
as
teachers
as
adults.
B
A
That's
that's
again,
very
simple:
I
am
an
entrepreneur.
I
have
been
self-employed
since
the
first
day
after
finishing
it
school
I
founded
and
led
multiple
it
companies,
and
currently
I'm
co-founder
and
ceo
of
a
small
company
here
in
austria
and
what
we
build
is
we
build
cloud-based
software
as
a
service
solution
and
there
we
built
a
product
which
is
called
time
cockpit.
I
have
built
it
from
the
very
ground
up.
A
B
A
A
It's
rstropic
likes
the
first
letter
of
my
first
name
and
then
my
last
name
and
on
youtube
and
so
on.
I'm
I
can
be
found
on
rhino.strawberg,
I'm
lucky,
because
my
name
is
not
that
common.
So
if
you
google,
my
name,
you
will
probably
find
me
immediately.
B
Very
nice,
thank
you
for
joining
us
all.
The
way
from
australia
and.